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Mosaizer XV Changelog

What's new in Mosaizer XV 16.0 Build 18

Jan 21, 2023
  • Code optimizations (more stability)
  • The pop-up tip now correctly scales with the Windows scale
  • A bug in merging two libraries has been fixed
  • Corrected a few missing translated captions

New in Mosaizer XV 15.0 Build 55 (Jun 7, 2020)

  • An issue was solved when a grace period overlapped with a valid license.

New in Mosaizer XV 15.0 Build 54 (Nov 13, 2019)

  • Now also the grayscale image can have a solid colour background
  • The Super-mosaic option now also indicates where the image was stored
  • Changed the library image resize approach to become easier to use
  • Added fast evaluation for grayscale match quality of picture library and source picture
  • Robust new source image read (maximum 100 MB to avoid reading issues)
  • Improved stability for smart patterns

New in Mosaizer XV 15.0 Build 52 (Mar 22, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue when all tiles are placed with colorize and blend
  • Improved and more logical tile edit using colorize and blend
  • A new feature was added to use edited tiles when redrawing the mosaic

New in Mosaizer XV 15.0 Build 49 (Apr 4, 2017)

  • For (.png) transparent sources now a checkered pattern is seen
  • Now also .ico and .gif images can be used in libraries
  • Fixed an issue when an existing library was replaced
  • Added an automatic library repair possibility

New in Mosaizer XV 15.0 Build 48 (Mar 6, 2017)

  • Improved the automatic supersize divisions
  • Amount of super divisions can now also be edited
  • Saving tile location data now also possible for a grayscale mosaic

New in Mosaizer XV 15.0 Build 45 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue of the 'Use all pictures' engine
  • Fixed an issue of the tile editor for small libraries
  • Added horizontal scrollbar in the library folder explorer
  • Restored mosaic picture location and identification outputs

New in Mosaizer XV 15.0 Build 43 (Dec 25, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug when checking for a version update (freeze)

New in Mosaizer XV 15.0 Build 42 (Dec 25, 2016)

  • Fully redeveloped application
  • Numerous code optimizations and improvements
  • Separate applications for picture and video
  • Automatic super-size mosaic creation
  • Transparency management simplified
  • Paintbrush feature was left out
  • Double mosaic feature was left out

New in Mosaizer XV 12.2 Build 226 (May 5, 2016)

  • Now more than 100k pictures can be used in a library

New in Mosaizer XV 12.2 Build 225 (Apr 27, 2016)

  • Now also 4K movies can be created
  • Now also the movie frames can be saved (for post-processing)
  • Minor stability improvements

New in Mosaizer XV 12.2 Build 223 (Oct 6, 2015)

  • Smart Patterns now also accepts the 'Optimization' engine
  • Maximum size error now better managed for Smart Pattern

New in Mosaizer XV 12.2 Build 221 (Aug 17, 2015)

  • New and efficient blend and colorize for all patterns
  • Non-rectangular patterns have drastic speed increase
  • A new non-rectangular pattern has been added: diamonds
  • Safe mosaic size has been increased to appr. 325 MB
  • Improved memory usage for large bitmaps (> 100 MB)
  • Undo feature added for density mask drawing
  • Grid drawing now fully anti-alias with grid thickness option
  • Minor stability improvements (non-critical)

New in Mosaizer XV 12.1 Build 215 (Aug 7, 2015)

  • Issue solved for non-rectangular shapes with small libraries
  • A picture library integrity check added
  • Now also variety of 1 is possible (= no random tiles)

New in Mosaizer XV 12.1 Build 213 (Jul 14, 2015)

  • Turkish translation

New in Mosaizer XV 12.0 Build 212 (Jun 3, 2015)

  • Size limits have been lowered to avoid memory issues
  • Bug fixes in engine 'Force to use all tiles'

New in Mosaizer XV 12.0 Build 211 (May 20, 2015)

  • Bug in 'delete library' fixed
  • Improved project read
  • Improved stability of black and white mosaic analysis

New in Mosaizer XV 12.0 Build 208 (Apr 23, 2015)

  • A bug in the non-rectangular patterns has been fixed
  • The mosaizer function now uses the original source size for library tiles

New in Mosaizer XV 12.0 Build 207 (Feb 17, 2015)

  • Masks can now also be used in movie creation
  • The single cell mosaic can now also use a different picture

New in Mosaizer XV 12.0 Build 205 (Jan 16, 2015)

  • A minor bug in the multiple page printing options has been resolved

New in Mosaizer XV 12.0 Build 204 (Dec 29, 2014)

  • A bug has been solved when switching a library for the second time

New in Mosaizer XV 12.0 Build 203 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • A brand new feature: density masks to manually determine the tile sizes
  • A fully new interface: easy to use, focused controls and less cluttered
  • Smart grids can now also be used for cropped parts
  • Grace days added to use the fully unstricted application for 30 days
  • Bug in the smart pattern visualization has been solved
  • Larger preview and navigation window
  • Bug in rotating tiles has been solved
  • Improved folder selection for the automation feature

New in Mosaizer XV 11.0 Build 189 (Aug 16, 2014)

  • Applied a warning to assure a minimum library size without errors
  • Bug in the GUI for large font Windows has been solved

New in Mosaizer XV 11.0 Build 187 (Jul 17, 2014)

  • The application now correctly requests admin rights
  • Added a brand-new video capability to create real mosaic video movies from video footage
  • Video features allow to fully use the rectangular pattern options
  • Special shapes (circular, spiral, hexagonal, smart patterns) are excluded in mosaic video movies
  • Minor inconvenience- and bug-fixes

New in Mosaizer XV 11.0 Build 185 (Jan 7, 2014)

  • Added a brand-new video capability to create real mosaic video movies from video footage
  • Video features allow to fully use the rectangular pattern options
  • Special shapes (circular, spiral, hexagonal, smart patterns) are excluded in mosaic video movies
  • Minor inconvenience- and bug-fixes

New in Mosaizer XV 10.1 Build 177 (Dec 9, 2013)

  • A few minor bugs were solved (a.o. navigation window now correctly displaying .png files)
  • Bugfix in the special patterns (circular, hexagon, spiral)

New in Mosaizer XV 10.0 Build 173 (Sep 2, 2013)

  • new feature added to allow horizontal flipping of each tile, virtually doubling the size of the pictures library, and creates a better color match
  • new feature added to automate mosaic creation with multiple source files and libraries
  • widened the width-height ratio of the cells, now ranging from 0.25x to 4x (was 0.67x to 1.34x)

New in Mosaizer XV 10.0 Build 171 (Aug 13, 2013)

  • corrected the 'print options' skin

New in Mosaizer XV 10.0 Build 170 (Aug 10, 2013)

  • added a resample quality selector
  • added a new resample engine for sharper print quality

New in Mosaizer XV 10.0 Build 169 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • transparency fully implemented: all mosaics can be saved with the alpha-channel
  • double-layered mosaics: the bottom layer being a full mosaic, the top layer being a transparent layer with chroma-key color removal options
  • chroma-keying implemented: colors can be removed (using HSL levels and ranges/tolerance) with blurring capability to create a seamless blend with the underlying layer (or remain transparent)
  • option to save in the 32bit RGBA formats: .PNG or .PSD (allowing for red-green-blue-alpha channels)
  • intuitive and responsive chroma-key interface with proofing bitmaps to accurately tune the chroma key values
  • chroma-keying and transparency also valid for super-mosaics and smart grids
  • removed a bug in the genuine paintbrush (can now also paint non-square final results)

New in Mosaizer XV 9.3 Build 155 (Dec 20, 2012)

  • minor bugs revolved
  • Pro+ options now available

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 153 (Nov 22, 2012)

  • improvement of the spiraled tiles (white spaces now won't appear)

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 152 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • added a security check for multiple masks (rotation and resize can't be used with multiple masks)

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 151 (Nov 7, 2012)

  • improved anti-aliasing for rotating tiles
  • added a few rotation masks (rectangular and square)

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 149 (Nov 7, 2012)

  • added a library merging tool
  • added library information in the menu bar

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 147 (Jun 19, 2012)

  • bug in libraries with very small amount of tiles solved
  • robustness of smart grid improved

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 146 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • right and bottom rim of extremely large mosaics now correctly created
  • edited tiles are now correctly re-used in super mosaics
  • bug in blending of super-mosaic now solved

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 145 (May 28, 2012)

  • edited tiles are now correctly re-used in super mosaics
  • bug in blending of super-mosaic now solved

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 143 (May 21, 2012)

  • improved the controls for very tall/wide sources in 'super mosaic'
  • improved mask resize for smart grids
  • improved the quality of the mosaic edges for random grids
  • improvement in black and white (ratio library/source tiles now unlimited)

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 142 (May 7, 2012)

  • improved mask resize for smart grids
  • improved the quality of the mosaic edges for random grids
  • improvement in black and white (ratio library/source tiles now unlimited)

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 140 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • improvement in black and white (ratio library/source tiles now unlimited)

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 138 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • improved black and white matching
  • multiple alpha masks now available (re-enabled)
  • minor bug in smart ('adaptive') grid solved

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 134 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • correction in the non-rectangular pattern controls
  • improvements in smart grid to avoid a partial mosaic built at low tile amounts
  • improvements to better match the final mosaic size with the amount of tiles
  • final release of grayscale engine

New in Mosaizer XV 9.2 Build 128 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • beta release of the new grayscale engine
  • error removed in library creation
  • library delete now available
  • black and white gray scale analysis added (part of black/white mosaic optimizer in 9.2)

New in Mosaizer XV 9.1 Build 127 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • on request: the old 'Force to use all pictures' was restored as the fifth color method now called 'Unpredictable colors'

New in Mosaizer XV 9.1 Build 126 (Feb 20, 2012)

  • improved color matching method 'Force to use every picture'
  • potential error when saving the mosaic data file (if file is in use) solved
  • wizard turn on and off now made more intuitive

New in Mosaizer XV 9.1 Build 124 (Feb 20, 2012)

  • bug in 'force all tiles' now solved
  • improved picture library included (1450 pictures of 120 x 120 px)
  • new feature: super mosaics ('macro control') to create the mosaic in parts
  • library creation interface fixed in the right skin
  • small inconsistency in calculation of amount of tiles now corrected
  • inconsistency of 'ratio cells/library' corrected

New in Mosaizer XV 9.0 Build 116 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • new feature added: smart patterns
  • new option added to rebuild the mosaic after tile edits
  • bugs removed in tile edit
  • more realistic cell size range for different paper size
  • non-rectangular patterns (circles, hexagon, spiral) now also can use transparent sources (.PNG files)
  • 4 more skins added
  • wizard added for a smooth start and acquintance
  • defaults reloaded when for some reason no source file, mask or texture is available (avoiding error messages)
  • bug in transparent (.PNG) files when used for a first time now solved (black background)
  • bug solved in the printing, now printing correctly after having completed a mosaic result
  • colorize and blend slider controls made simpler and more responsive to value changes
  • transparent (32bit) masks can now also be in .png file format
  • new feature: multiple masks
  • 4 new languages added
  • over 200 masks pre-installed

New in Mosaizer XV 8.2 Build 89 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • new skinnable interface
  • a number of small bugs removed
  • cell size extended to 2436 pixels
  • grid visualization improved

New in Mosaizer XV 8.1 Build 85 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • a bug was found in the background color which has now been corrected
  • although transparent pictures can be used (.png files), these files can now also be openeded

New in Mosaizer XV 8.1 Build 83 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • registration removed: the application is compeletely functional and freeware
  • skins added

New in Mosaizer XV 8.0 Build 82 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • French translation added

New in Mosaizer XV 8.0 Build 81 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • smart installer for all users on a computer
  • improved drawing focus with the paintbrush

New in Mosaizer XV 8.0 Build 80 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • png (bitmap) transparency is used to skip miniature picture placement
  • full randomization assures that a full randomized picture is created , using all tiles

New in Mosaizer XV 8.0 Build 79 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • error when sourcefile does not exist (hang-up) now solved
  • small errors in the translations have been repaired
  • small but harmless bugs solved (not reported so far)

New in Mosaizer XV 8.0 Build 77 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • first stable release
  • variable paintbrush eraser size added

New in Mosaizer XV 8.0 Build 76 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • the genuine paintbrush has been added
  • bug in non-rectangular tiles now solved
  • bug in edit tiles solved
  • when scrolling over the result, a position indicator is seen
  • different e-mail address for providing immediate feedback (serial request only)

New in Mosaizer XV 8.0 Build 72 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • new file was not saved in the history list
  • fatal error when using many tiles in 'force use of all tiles' method
  • the Mosaizer didn't work properly
  • memory leak stopped (as a consequence no large mosaics could be made)
  • resize with mask and shade now correctly taken into account

New in Mosaizer XV 8.0 Build 67 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • the application engine has completely been redesigned
  • more intuitive workflow management using windowed editors

New in Mosaizer XV 7.0.18 (Nov 21, 2008)

  • a new GUI (Graphical User Interface) to fully meet the professional desk top publishing demands
  • major improvements of almost every function has been achieved
  • two new color matching methods has been added
  • three new patterns are now available (circles, spirals, hexagons)
  • the 'cell-edit' and 'mask rotation' features have been fully restored and improved
  • more intuitive menu structure, quick settings, improved workflow
  • Mosaizer Pro will become Donationware to cover the marginal cost of the development and (web)maintenance for a symbolic low price
  • Mosaizer 6 will not be supported from November onward (customer service remains of course), and the serial number will not be valid for Mosaizer Pro

New in Mosaizer XV 6.0 Build 5 (Feb 19, 2008)

  • The Genuine Paintbrush: to literally paint with mosaic pictures

New in Mosaizer XV 5.0 (Nov 12, 2007)

  • Speed increase, 32bit alpha mask bitmaps and Mask Manager